I know you don't want to reinstall, but if you've tried all of this, and maybe more, the next step is to do a reinstall. Bad hard drives don't always give blue screens.ĥ.
Don't rule out a hardware error at this point. If you can get to a command prompt with a Windows disk, I believe you can run sfc /scannow.Ĥ. Reverting back to a previous date is, by far, the quickest and easiest way to fix most issues.ģ. Words cannot express how important restore points are. Let Windows try to repair itself using the startup repair through F8.Ģ. Hadn't thought of that, but I haven't needed to do this on any Win7 computers yet.Īs for a machine that won't even boot into Windows.ġ. I searched google for "repair windows 7" for you and this was the first result. More information on the difference between an upgrade install and custom install can be found on Microsoft’s site here. It is always advised to make a backup prior to this step as a just-in-case measure. This option will allow you to preserve your data but will require you to reinstall your applications. By default, Windows 7 will automatically backup your user data files to a Windows.old folder. Or you could even select “Startup Repair” and see if that utility is able to fix the problems you are experiencing.Īs a final, last resort option, you could perform a custom installation from the Windows 7 disc. From there you could run chkdsk from a command line to check for and fix disk errors. However, prior to doing the above, you may also want to try to boot into the standard Recovery Environment by pressing F8 on boot and selecting the “Repair System” option. If you are using the same exact version of the disc, you could select the upgrade option and this would perform an in-place upgrade which should preserve your user accounts, applications and data. To be sure, is the disc you are preparing to perform a repair installation, or in-place upgrade, with the same disc as the original install of Windows 7? This step is vital. These can only be used do a clean install instead. You cannot use a OEM Windows 7 "Factory" Restore/Recovery type of installation disc that came with or created from a store bought computer to do a repair install with.You can only do a repair install with the same edition Windows 7 installation disc for the same edition of Windows 7 that you have installed.There are two things you may be able to do to repair your Windows 7 installation but there is also a few points to note:
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